ArticleClinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil)2021
Hearing loss, tinnitus, and hypertension: analysis of the baseline data from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil).
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- Global trends and hotspots in diabetes and hearing loss: a 20-year systematic bibliometric study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
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- Association Involving Systemic Arterial Hypertension, Tinnitus, and Hearing Loss: A STROBE-Based Review.International archives of otorhinolaryngology · 2026Article
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- Association Between Morning Blood Pressure Surge and Tinnitus in Hypertensive Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2026Article
- Tinnitus and Its Comorbidities: A Comprehensive Analysis of Their Relationships.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Which Environmental Pollutants Are Toxic to Our Ears?-Evidence of the Ototoxicity of Common Substances.Toxics · 2024Review
- Hypertension facilitates age-related diseases. ~ Is hypertension associated with a wide variety of diseases?~.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2024Review
- Tinnitus Is Marginally Associated with Body Mass Index, Heart Rate and Arterial Blood Pressure: Results from a Large Clinical Sample.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Correlation between hearing impairment and the Triglyceride Glucose Index: based on a national cross-sectional study.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- Hearing Problems in Indonesia: Attention to Hypertensive Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- ELSA-Brasil: a 4-year incidence of hearing loss in adults with and without hypertension.Revista de saude publica · 2022Observational
- Association Between Hypertension and Hearing Loss.Cureus · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo investigate the association among hypertension, tinnitus, and sensorineural hearing loss and evaluate the influence of other covariates on this association.
methodsBaseline data (2008-2010) from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (ELSA-Brasil) were analyzed. Altogether, 900 participants were evaluated. The baseline assessment consisted of a 7-hour examination to obtain clinical and laboratory variables. Hearing was measured using pure-tone audiometry.
resultsOverall, 33.3% of the participants had hypertension. Participants with hypertension were more likely to be older, male, and diabetic compared to those without hypertension. The prevalence of tinnitus was higher among hypertensive participants and the odds ratio for tinnitus was higher in participants with hypertension than in those without hypertension. However, the difference was not significant after adjusting for age. Audiometric results at 250-8,000 Hz were worse in participants with hypertension than in those without hypertension in the crude analysis; however, the differences were not significant after adjustment for age, sex, diagnosis of diabetes, and exposure to noise. No significant difference was observed in hearing thresholds among participants having hypertension for <6 years, those having hypertension for ≥6 years, and individuals without hypertension.
conclusionHearing thresholds were worse in participants with hypertension. However, after adjusting for age, sex, diagnosis of diabetes, and exposure to noise, no significant differences were observed between participants with and without hypertension. A higher prevalence of tinnitus was observed in participants with hypertension compared to those without hypertension, but without significance after adjusting for age.
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